Read Chapters 11-13 ("The Blood of the Conquistadores" through "Still Lives").
Common Core Objectives
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2
Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.3
Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed). - 3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.2
Integrate multiple sources of information...